title: Induction of IgG antibodies by an anti-idiotype antibody mimicking disialoganglioside GD2.
abstract: The anti-idiotype (Id) monoclonal antibody (mAb) 1A7 immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1, kappa), raised in syngeneic mice against the murine anti-ganglioside GD2 mAb 14G2a mimics a carbohydrate epitope on GD2 and serves as a surrogate protein antigen for this disialoganglioside. Immunization of allogeneic C57BL/6 mice and rabbits with 1A7 induced anti-GD2 antibodies of IgG isotype that recognize purified GD2 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and GD2-positive human melanoma cells (M21/P6) by fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) analysis. The specificity of the antisera for GD2 was further confirmed by dot-blot analysis. These antisera also specifically lyse GD2-positive M21/P6 target cells in an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity assay. Taken together, these results suggest that the anti-Id 1A7 can induce GD2-specific IgG antibodies that can recognize cell surface-associated as well as soluble disialoganglioside GD2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0096, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Foon
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Reisfeld
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya-Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005732:Gangliosides; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; C019403:ganglioside, GD2